They’re back! FFS favourites Ellen & The Escapades have revealed their first new single since 2012 debut album All The Crooked Scenes. ‘Lost Cause’ reveals a slight change of gears in terms of sound but we reckon it’s a grower.…
I saw Nick Mulvey support Laura Marling last year and was absolutely captivated by his simple, beautiful melodies. I was concerned a move into the studio would result in Mulvey losing this simplicity, but luckily, the record is raw, striking…
Merrill Garbus, without having even released her latest album, ‘Nikki Nack’, set a storm upon her fans after announcing a one-night-only appearance at London’s Village Underground. Predictably, it sold out in minutes, and those with tickets were undoubtedly in for…
Five years (five years!) on from the release of Sigh No More it’s become all-too-easy to switch off at the first listen to any of the myriad of bands who have followed aping the Mumford & Sons sound. There’s certainly…
Tom Williams and his sea-faring backing band, The Boat, return with their third album Easy Fantastic, funded entirely through Pledges made by fans of the band. For those who have heard other records by Tom Williams, there hasn’t been much…
Often labelled as the ‘21’st Century Dylan’, or, ‘the spokesperson of the Ritalin generation’, Conor Oberst is, to many, a hero, one of the best songwriters around today. He is well known for his ability to pen a good lyric,…